Our correspondent chris bockman is in toulouse for us this morning. chris, what s the situation there? it has been a lot quieter. they have been arrested, there have been some scrimmages, but nothing like on the scale we have seen before. i am in the city centre right now. right behind me is the city hall. why is this important? because as you know about 200 mayors have been physically attacked at their homes or where they work, and there has been a call for everybody to assemble in the town hall to show solidarity. i expect that may day there will be hundreds here to see just what kind of reaction after the shock of what has happened, if there is anger, if there is a reaction from the people that they want things to be back in control again. we will see here in this square how people will turn up. this will be
The area had their bags searched. some say it is another example of police overreach, targeted at minority communities. translation: the person who was killed was a minor and that is why more miners are coming into the movement. we support this movement because what is going on is unfair. is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened to - is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened to my - is going on is unfair. imagine if l that had happened to my brother because that had happened to my brother because he refused to stop. we are not safe because he refused to stop. we are not safe here. we should be safe at the police, not safe here. we should be safe at the police, but we are scared of them the police, but we are scared of them that the police, but we are scared of them. that is not normal. tensions remain, them. that is not normal. tensions remain. even them. that is not normal. tensions remain, even if them. that is not normal. tensions remain, even if the them. that is not normal. tensions remain, even if the protests - them. that is not normal. tensions remain, even if the protests were l remain, even if the protests were less intense last night. there is anger at the killing of nahel. there is anger at the damage and destruction of the riots. what will the government do next to put out those fires? our correspondent chris bockman is in toulouse for us this morning. chris, what s the situation there?
And more riots in the coming days. sofia, thank you very much indeed. she was in lille, we were in toulouse last hour, will continue with our coverage in france. sarah has the other headlines this morning. nhs england is nearly doubling its number of gambling addiction clinics, after referrals hit a record high. seven new facilities will open this summer, amid warnings that children and adults are being bombarded with gambling adverts. our correspondent joe inwood reports. gambling has never been easier. every smartphone can become a virtual casino. that ease of access has coincided with a huge rise in the number of people struggling with addiction. people like luke ashton. last week, a coroner ruled his online losses contributed to his decision to take his own life. after his death, his wife ellie got access to his accounts.
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Many see this violence as a wake up call, but for the government, containing it is a challenge. what began with the death of nahel has now come to represent something bigger. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. our correspondent chris bockman sent this report from toulouse. fortu nately fortunately overnight it was a lot quieter here in toulouse. there have been skirmishes, some flames on buildings, but nothing like we saw on the first two nights. the trouble seems to have really been located more in the other big city in the south, marseille, and in another place cold nims, but here it seems the police put out a lot more of their forces on the streets, drones were used to monitor cloud control, to see if there were movements in
Country s foreign ministry says the un s claims are unfounded, but the french police have long been plagued by accusations of racism. many see this violence as a wake up call, but the government, containing it is a challenge. what began with the death of nahel has now come to represent something bigger. chris bockman is in toulouse for us this morning. chris, what s the situation on the ground? this is something we have been following for several days. fortunately, overnight it was a lot quieter here in toulouse. there have been skirmishes, there were some flames on buildings, but nothing like what we saw in the first two nights. the trouble really seems to have been located more on the other big city in the south, marseille, and in another place called two, but here it seems the police put up a lot more of their forces out on the
There has been more rioting in france overnight. more than 400 people have been arrested following a third night of riots across a number of major cities in france. violent clashes have been sparked by the killing of a teenager by a police officer on tuesday. the unrest has now spread from the capital paris to a number of other places including lyon, toulouse, and lille. but most of the trouble has been in the paris suburb of nanterre, where the teenager named as nahel was killed. rajini vaidya nathan reports. popping explosions. a capital city in flames. unrest sparked by a fatal police shooting is intensifying. overnight, violence and vandalism. riot police out in force.
I m victoria valentine. over 400 people have now been arrested across france following three nights of protests against the killing of a 17 year old boy by a police officer in the suburb of nanterre. the teenager, named as nahel m, was shot during a traffic stop. the policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide. he s reported to have apologised to the teenager s family. meanwhile, demonstrations have continued across the country, including a march led by the boy s mother in nanterre during the day yesterday, and nightfall saw clashes with the french police in the suburb, as well as other cities around the country, including in central paris, lille, lyon and toulouse. the unrest has even spread to belgium where 15 people have been arrested. 40,000 extra police officers have been deployed across france to deal with further violence. firefighters in paris say
Of a growing and ageing population. but ultimately it will be judged on whether it can make some inroads into the staff shortages that have played a big part in undermining the performance of the nhs in recent years. dominic hughes, bbc news. in the last few minutes french authorities have been given more details about the number of arrests linked to the problems in paris and elsewhere. naga has more detail. getting a sense of the scale of the programme. getting a sense of the scale of the programme- programme. this is ust from one niuht. the french president emmanuel macron will hold a crisis meeting today it s after more than 600 people were arrested following a third night of riots across a number of major cities in the country. violent clashes have been sparked by the killing of a teenager by a police officer on tuesday. the unrest has now spread from the capital paris to a number of other places including lyon, toulouse, and lille. but most of the trouble has been in the paris suburb of nanterre, where the teenager
In other french cities including lille, marseille, toulouse and montpellier. the unrest even spread to neighbouring belgium where 15 people were arrested. overnight, 40,000 extra police officers were deployed across france in an attempt to restore calm and deal with further violence. firefighters in paris reported being overwhelmed with calls as a result of the ongoing unrest. 0ur correspondent in paris, sofia bettiza, gave us the latest. the atmosphere here in paris is extremely tense today. for the third time in a row, there have been violent protest here in nanterre, which is the area where a teenager called nahel was shot dead by a police officer. now, last night, protestors clashed with the police. according to the news agency afp, they used handmade grenades. the police responded with tear gas. there has been an escalation in the violence. we saw looting across france. you can see that behind me in this gas station. the windows are smashed,